Package com.vaadin.ui

Class JavaScript

java.lang.Object

com.vaadin.server.AbstractClientConnector

com.vaadin.server.AbstractExtension

com.vaadin.ui.JavaScript

All Implemented Interfaces:

MethodEventSource, ClientConnector, Extension, Connector, Serializable

public class JavaScript
extends AbstractExtension

Provides access to JavaScript functionality in the web browser. To get an instance of JavaScript, either use Page.getJavaScript() or JavaScript.getCurrent() as a shorthand for getting the JavaScript object corresponding to the current Page.

Since:

7.0.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static interface	JavaScript.JavaScriptCallbackRpc

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.ClientConnector

ClientConnector.AttachEvent, ClientConnector.AttachListener, ClientConnector.ConnectorErrorEvent, ClientConnector.DetachEvent, ClientConnector.DetachListener

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JavaScript()	Creates a new JavaScript object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addFunction(String name, JavaScriptFunction function)	Add a new function to the global JavaScript namespace (i.e.
static void	eval(String script)	Executes the given JavaScript code in the browser.
void	execute(String script)	Executes the given JavaScript code in the browser.
static JavaScript	getCurrent()	Get the JavaScript object for the current Page, or null if there is no current page.
protected JavaScriptManagerState	getState()	Returns the shared state for this connector.
void	remove()	JavaScript is not designed to be removed.
void	removeFunction(String name)	Removes a JavaScripFunction from the browser's global JavaScript namespace.

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.server.AbstractExtension

extend, getParent, getSupportedParentType, setParent

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.server.AbstractClientConnector

addAttachListener, addDetachListener, addExtension, addListener, addListener, addListener, addMethodInvocationToQueue, attach, beforeClientResponse, createState, detach, encodeState, equals, fireEvent, getAllChildrenIterable, getConnectorId, getErrorHandler, getExtensions, getListeners, getResource, getRpcManager, getRpcProxy, getSession, getState, getStateType, getUI, handleConnectorRequest, hashCode, hasListeners, isAttached, isConnectorEnabled, isThis, markAsDirty, markAsDirtyRecursive, registerRpc, registerRpc, removeAttachListener, removeDetachListener, removeExtension, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, requestRepaint, requestRepaintAll, retrievePendingRpcCalls, setErrorHandler, setResource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.ClientConnector

addAttachListener, addDetachListener, attach, beforeClientResponse, detach, encodeState, getErrorHandler, getExtensions, getRpcManager, getStateType, getUI, handleConnectorRequest, isAttached, isConnectorEnabled, markAsDirty, markAsDirtyRecursive, removeAttachListener, removeDetachListener, removeExtension, requestRepaint, requestRepaintAll, retrievePendingRpcCalls, setErrorHandler

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.shared.Connector

getConnectorId

Constructor Detail

JavaScript

public JavaScript()

Creates a new JavaScript object. You should typically not this, but instead use the JavaScript object already associated with your Page object.

Method Detail

getState

protected JavaScriptManagerState getState()

Description copied from class: AbstractClientConnector

Returns the shared state for this connector. The shared state object is shared between the server connector and the client connector. Changes are only communicated from the server to the client and not in the other direction.

As a side effect, marks the connector dirty so any changes done to the state will be sent to the client. Use getState(false) to avoid marking the connector as dirty.

Overrides:

getState in class AbstractClientConnector

Returns:

The shared state for this connector. Never null.

addFunction

public void addFunction(String name,
                        JavaScriptFunction function)

Add a new function to the global JavaScript namespace (i.e. the window object). The call method in the passed JavaScriptFunction object will be invoked with the same parameters whenever the JavaScript function is called in the browser. A function added with the name "myFunction" can thus be invoked with the following JavaScript code: window.myFunction(argument1, argument2). If the name parameter contains dots, simple objects are created on demand to allow calling the function using the same name (e.g. window.myObject.myFunction).

Parameters:

name - the name that the function should get in the global JavaScript namespace.

function - the JavaScriptFunction that will be invoked if the JavaScript function is called.

removeFunction

public void removeFunction(String name)

Removes a JavaScripFunction from the browser's global JavaScript namespace. If the name contains dots and intermediate objects were created by addFunction(String, JavaScriptFunction), these objects will not be removed by this method.

Parameters:

name - the name of the callback to remove

execute

public void execute(String script)

Executes the given JavaScript code in the browser.

Parameters:

script - The JavaScript code to run.

eval

public static void eval(String script)

Executes the given JavaScript code in the browser.

Parameters:

script - The JavaScript code to run.

getCurrent

public static JavaScript getCurrent()

Get the JavaScript object for the current Page, or null if there is no current page.

Returns:

the JavaScript object corresponding to the current Page, or null if there is no current page.

See Also:

Page.getCurrent()

remove

public void remove()

JavaScript is not designed to be removed.

Specified by:

remove in interface Extension

Overrides:

remove in class AbstractExtension

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - when invoked